Alberta Residents Return to Homes after Wildfire

Multiple small towns and hamlets were evacuated in northern Alberta over the weekend after wildfires consumed almost 2,000 hectares of land. Hot weather and dry brush often leads to massive wildfires in Western...

Jonathan Pollard’s Sequel: “Ben-Ami Kadish the Forgotten Spy”

"An Opinion.Is there any way to answer why people act the way they act?  Yes, there are as many answers as there are people. Yesterday a story old 20 years surfaced, about Ben-Ami Kadish, a former...

Here’s a true outsider artist (Times Leader)

" By SHANE GRABER St. Louis-Post-Dispatch SALEM, Ill. — Richard Pollard stood in his back yard, beaming brightly like his special crop. It is, after all, one of his finest works, he said. “Everybody’s yard ought to be like this.” A front-yard sign...

Man’s yard art gives people reasons to smile (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

" > Story Man’s yard art gives people reasons to smile By Shane Graber ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH 09/16/2006 Bumper crop: Richard Pollard, 73, enjoys the collection of 337 chrome bumpers he placed in the backyard of his home near Salem, Ill. Pollard’s eclectic...

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